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Root Causes of Hunger pov - Coggle Diagram
Root Causes of Hunger
Poverty
Most individuals who are hungry are living with poverty income of less than $2.00 USD per day.
The largest group of people whom are in poverty are smallholder farmers in developing countries.
Lack of employment.
Poor infrastructure within developing countries.
Unnecessary creation of dams.
Price Gouging
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C221531pF4c
Lack of education opportunities.
Violence
135 million people suffer from hunger largely due to man-made conflicts, climate change, and economic downturns (UN.)
Migration due to political issues.
War causes infrastructure to fall and employment opportunities to cease.
Natural Disasters
Covid-19 Pandemic has caused has the potential to double the world hunger rate adding an additional 130 million at-risk people on top of the 690 million that are already hungry (UN.)
Within developing countries, famines are often seen.
The Environment/Resources
Globally, the world needs to increase agricultural production substantially to maintain the amount of living people on the planet (UN.)
135 million people suffer from hunger largely due to man-made conflicts, climate change, and economic downturns (UN.)
Estimated, 2 billion people globally do not have access regularly to safe water and food (UN.)
Due to global warming, plants and natural resources are being limited due to issues with soil, rain, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD-TlRvZN0Y
Depending on each country, resources can be limited to the environment not being suitable for agriculture.
Source Information
Cohen, M. J., & Reeves, D. (1995). Causes of hunger (No. 567-2016-39008).
Hirons, M., Robinson, E., McDermott, C., Morel, A., Asare, R., Boyd, E., ... & Norris, K. (2018). Understanding poverty in cash-crop agro-forestry systems: evidence from Ghana and Ethiopia. Ecological Economics, 154, 31-41.
Lang, K. (2011). Poverty and discrimination. Princeton University Press.
Vorster, H. H. (2010). The link between poverty and malnutrition: A South African perspective. Health SA Gesondheid, 15(1).
Ohlsson, L. (2000). Livelihood conflicts: Linking poverty and environment as causes of conflict (p. 16). Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).
Discriminations
When little food is present for a family in low poverty situations, food is more often given to males as they need energy to provide an income (Gender Discrimination.)
Religious discrimination due to political ideology.
Malnutrition
Due to artificial agriculture, companies will promote food waste when items aren't seen as selling quality.
Lack of knowledge as to understanding the food contents vs nutrition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL8ejNmJII4
Division of land use compared to non-productive land yields cash crops.
